WO2002056284A1

WO2002056284A1 - Electronic paper file and mark setting system

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Publication number: WO2002056284A1
Application number: PCT/JP2002/000163
Authority: WO
Inventors: Tetsuroh Nakamura; Hiroyuki Matsuo; Masaichiro Tatekawa
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2001-01-15
Filing date: 2002-01-11
Publication date: 2002-07-18
Also published as: JP4009195B2; US20040070633A1; JPWO2002056284A1

Abstract

An electronic paper file which comprises electronic paper sheets which are flexible media and a body to which the electronic paper sheets are attached. The electronic paper file is characterized by comprising mark indication control means for controlling the indication of a mark on an electronic paper sheet. According to this electronic paper file, a mark can be indicated on an electronic paper sheet having predetermined character strings or the like displayed, so that the user can find out a desired page easily.

Description

Specification

Electronic paper file and landmark setting system

The present invention relates to an electronic paper file in which a plurality of electronic papers, which are flexible display media, are grouped into a notebook. Technology background

With the development of the information society, the performance of display media such as CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and LCD (liquid crystal display) has been rapidly improving. However, in terms of readability and ease of use, these display media are not superior to "paper" that has been used as an information medium since ancient times. Therefore, a new concept of "electronic vapor" has been proposed as a flexible display medium, and various methods have been studied as a technology for realizing the electronic vapor (apan Hardcopy '99 published by the Imaging Society of Japan). Papers ", Ρ209-Π51).

In recent years, an electronic vapor file in which a plurality of electronic vapors are combined into a notebook has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-250950). According to such an electronic vapor file, not only is it easy to manage a large number of electronic vapors, but also the electronic vapor can be utilized as a display medium that is more readable and easy to use. However, the conventional electronic paper file has a problem that when a large number of electronic papers are attached to the main body, it is difficult to find a desired page from among them. The present invention has been proposed based on the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily find a desired page. Disclosure of the invention The present invention employs the following means to achieve the above object.

That is, the present invention is premised on an electronic paper file that is composed of an electronic paper that is a flexible display medium, and a main body on which a plurality of electronic papers can be mounted. In the electronic vapor file, a mark display means for controlling display of a mark on the electronic paper is provided.

According to such an electronic mail file, an electronic mail displaying a predetermined character string or the like is displayed.

—Since a marker can be displayed on the page, the user can easily find the desired page. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1. Configuration diagram of electronic paper file to which the present invention is applied

Figure 2. External view of electronic paper to which the present invention is applied

Figure 3. Configuration diagram of the display unit of the electronic paper to which the present invention is applied

Figure 4. Device configuration diagram of the display unit of the electronic paper to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 5. Block diagram of an electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 6. Flow chart of the electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 7 shows the state where the main unit connection terminals are fixed to the main unit.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of assigning a connection order identification number. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a method of detecting the attachment / detachment state of the electronic vapor paper at the main body side connection terminal. FIG. Fig. 11 shows the method for detecting the attachment / detachment state of the electronic paper at the connection terminals on the main unit side. Fig. 12 shows the external view of the main unit adopting the rotary structure.

Figure 13 shows how to detect the position of the connection terminals on the main unit.

Figure 14 shows the photocoupler installed inside the connector.

Figure 15 is a flowchart showing the operation to assign a connection sequence identification number. Figure 16 shows the use of the intermediate fixing piece

Figure 17 shows a diagram in which the element fixing shaft is arranged on the intermediate fixing piece.

Figure 18 is an illustration of how to detect the position of the connection terminals on the main unit

Figure 19 shows an example of the arrangement of the connection terminals on the main unit.

Fig. 20 is a diagram showing the shape of the connection terminal on the evaporator side.

Figure 21 shows the shape of the connection terminals on the main unit.

Figure 22. External view of the main unit with a rotary structure

Figure 23. External view of the main unit with a rotary structure

Figure 24. Block diagram of electronic paper file to which the present invention is applied

Figure 2 5. Flow chart of the electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied. Figure 26. Block diagram of the electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 27. External view of an electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied

Figure 28. Illustration of grouping by landmarks

Figure 29. Block diagram of an electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied

Figure 30. Example of search

Figure 3 1. Diagram showing a search example using the table of contents

Figure 32. Example of search by index

Figure 33. Block diagram of electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied

Figure 34. External view of an electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied

Fig. 3 5. Diagram showing the side setting menu of the electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied. Fig. 36. Other external view of the electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied. Fig. 37. Electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied. Other block diagram of profile file Figure 38. Diagram showing the items displayed when the landmark setting system is started up Figure 39. Diagram showing the display status when the landmark setting item is selected

Figure 40. Configuration diagram showing the outline of the present invention Figure 4 1. Diagram showing the process of creating landmark form information

Figure 42. Diagram showing the same placemark on adjacent “chapter”

Figure 43. Flowchart showing setting operation of landmark form information

Figure 44. Conceptual diagram of display data with landmark form information

Figure 4 5. Diagram showing the status of the landmark based on the landmark type information. Figure 46. Diagram showing the process of avoiding overlapping the display range of the landmark.

Figure 47. Conceptual diagram of display data with landmark form information

Figure 48. Diagram showing the status of the landmark based on the landmark form information. Figure 4 9. Diagram showing how to specify the display designation area

Figure 50. Diagram showing the display state after selecting the display designation area

Figure 5 1. Diagram showing the status of the landmark based on the landmark type information Figure 5 2. Flow chart showing the process of creating a table of contents

Figure 5 3. Diagram showing a table of contents extraction terms displayed on the display screen. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[Embodiment 1]

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, an electronic paper file to which the present invention is applied includes a main body 20 having a front cover 261, a back cover 26, and a back plate 31; It consists of at least one electronic paper 10 0 (e) detachably attached to 0 (e: a positive integer for distinguishing electronic paper).

The back plate 31 of the main body 20 is provided with a control unit 42 that performs control for displaying predetermined data and marks on the electronic paper 10 (e). That is, the electronic paper 10 (e) is capable of displaying predetermined data input from the outside and a mark described below.

Electronic paper 10 (e) is a data display area as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3. The display unit 11 includes a display unit 11 and a display drive unit 12 for driving the display unit 11. Then, a mark 14 is displayed on the side of the display section 11 of the electronic vapor paper 10 (e).

As shown in FIG. 2, the side sides can be classified into a right side 110, a left side 111, an upper side 112, and a lower side 113. The right side 110 is a side facing the display drive unit 12. The left side 1 1 1 refers to a side in contact with the display drive unit 12. The upper side 1 1 2 refers to the side of the upper portion of the display unit 11. The lower side 1 13 refers to the side of the lower portion of the display section 11.

Hereinafter, the term “side” simply refers to the right side 110. Therefore, in FIGS. 1 to 3, only the right side 110 of the right side 110, the left side 111, the upper side 112, and the lower side 113 is shaded.

The size of the mark 14 is represented by a thickness 141, a width 142 and a height 143. The thickness 14 1 of the mark 14 is equal to the thickness of the display section 11. Also, referring to FIG. 2, the width 142 of the mark 14 corresponds to the length of the mark 14 in the row direction, and the height 144 of the mark 14 corresponds to the length of the mark 14 in the column direction. .

The mark 14 employed in the present invention only needs to be visible to the user, and the mode is not limited to the above-described mode. That is, the mark 14 may be displayed not only on the right side 110 of the display unit 11 but also on the left side 111, upper side 112, and lower side 113. The size of the mark 14 is not limited to the size shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 42 includes a signal transmission / reception unit 22, a display control unit 23, and a storage unit 28. The signal transfer means 22 receives electronic data such as characters and image data from another electronic paper file or a personal computer, and displays the electronic data on the electronic paper 10 (e). (Hereinafter referred to as “display data”) in the storage means 28. The display control means 23 passes the display data stored in the storage means 28 to each electronic paper 10 (e). As the storage means 28, a storage medium such as an IC memory built in the main body 20 or an IC card can be adopted. This storage means 28 may be provided in each electronic vapor 10 (e) instead of being provided in the control section 42.

The display control means 23 is for displaying a mark corresponding to a page number, a paragraph number, or the like displayed on the display section 11 of each electronic paper 10 (e) based on mark data described later. Perform control. That is, as described later, the display control means 23 manages each electronic vapor 10 (e) in association with the page number or the like displayed on these electronic vapors 10 (e). are doing. In order to perform such management, information such as the identification number of the electronic paper (hereinafter referred to as “electronic paper number”) and the page number of the display data is stored in the storage unit 28.

It should be noted that the management of the electronic vapor 10 (e) may be performed by another means provided in the control unit 42 instead of the display control means 23. That is, the display control means 23 performs only pure display control, and another means that cannot be called pure display control, such as the management of the electronic paper 10 (e), is performed by another means. I don't care. Hereinafter, the display control means 23 for performing control for displaying a mark may be particularly referred to as “mark mark display control means”.

The mark data includes information indicating the display position of the mark, the color of the mark, and the like. The mark data is created by a mark setting system described later, and is stored in a storage means (not shown) in the mark setting means 35. Of course, the mark data may be stored in the storage means 28 instead of the storage means in the mark setting means 35.

The mark setting means 35 is a display data (for example, page 201 of the encyclopedia) from the display data (for example, encyclopedia) stored in the storage means 28 which is desired. It has the function of selecting Then, when the display data is selected, the display data and the corresponding mark data are passed to the display control means 23. The mark data to be passed to the display control means 23 as described above may be obtained from the storage means in the mark setting means 35. In addition, the mark setting means 35 passes information (for example, information such as a page number and a step number) capable of specifying the display data to the display control means 23 instead of the display data. You may do so.

The mark setting means 35 includes a page selection key 53 for selecting a desired page, and a page display section 52 for displaying a page number selected by the page selection key 53. The page selection key 53 includes a return key 53a, a decision key 53b, and a feed key 53c.

FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration in which the mark setting means 35 is disposed on the front cover 26 1, but the position where the mark setting means 35 is disposed may be on the back cover 26 2. Although the mark setting means 35 including a plurality of keys is illustrated here, the method of realizing the mark setting means 35 is not limited to this. For example, a similar effect can be obtained by selecting a desired page by using a menu displayed on the cover display section 271, and a keyboard separately connected to the main body 20.

The mark setting means 35 may be provided in each electronic paper 10 (e). In this case, the display section 11 of each electronic vapor paper 10 (e) is provided with functions such as a digitizer and a touch panel. In this way, when the user wants to display the mark 14 on the electronic paper 10 (e), the user touches a writing instrument, a hand, or the like on the display of the electronic paper where the desired page is displayed. By doing this, you can select this page.

However, the selection of the mark setting means 35 is not limited to the page. That is, as described later, a character string or the like included in the page may be selected by the mark setting means 35.

The display control means 23 stores the display data (here, the page number and the mark data) received from the mark setting means 35 in a storage means (not shown) in the display control means 23. deep. Then, the page of the page number stored in this way is When displayed on the child paper, control is performed to display a mark corresponding to the page number on the electronic paper based on the mark data.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the display section 11 of the electronic paper includes a display sheet A provided with a predetermined display medium, and a light emitting sheet B for illuminating the display sheet A. The configuration will be described below.

First, a transparent electrode (row electrode) A3 such as an ITO electrode is formed on the upper base film A2, and a transparent electrode (column electrode) A5 such as the ITO electrode is formed on the lower base film A6. Then, a display medium (for example, a strong dielectric polymer liquid crystal) A4 is applied on the column electrode A5 with a certain thickness. Next, the row electrode A3 and the column electrode A5 are attached to each other so as to face each other and form a lattice. Further, after the molecules of the display medium A4 have a predetermined orientation, the polarizers A1 and A7 are used for both sides. And stick them together. Thus, the display sheet A is formed.

On the other hand, since the light-emitting sheet B only needs to emit light uniformly over its entire surface, an anode B2 made of a transparent conductor is formed on the upper base film B1, and the light-emitting sheet B is formed on the lower base film B6. After forming a cathode B5 made of a metal on the cathode B5, a light emitting medium (for example, organic electroluminescence) B4 is formed on the cathode B5 in a predetermined pattern using an insulating layer B3, and then the anode B2 and the cathode B5 are separated. It is formed by bonding together so as to face each other.

Finally, the light emitting sheet B formed as described above is attached to the lower side of the display sheet A so that the light emitting sheet B illuminates the display sheet A.

Here, the display is performed by matrix control using the shirt evening function described below. That is, when a predetermined voltage is applied between the column electrode A5 and the row electrode A3 of the display sheet A, the orientation of the molecules of the display medium A4 changes in a direction that does not transmit light (the shirt is turned on), and the column electrodes A5 and The pixel specified by the row electrode A3 is displayed in black. On the other hand, a reverse voltage of the predetermined voltage (hereinafter referred to as “positive voltage”) is applied. In this case, the orientation of the molecules of the display medium A 4 changes in the direction in which light is transmitted (the shutter is turned off), and this pixel is displayed in white.

On the other hand, when a voltage is applied between the anode B 2 and the cathode B 5 of the light emitting sheet B, the entire surface of the light emitting medium B 4 emits light and illuminates the display sheet A. That is, when the light-emitting medium B 4 emits light, white pixels (pixels with a shutter of 〇 FF) transmitting this light are turned on.

The anode B 2 and the cathode B 5 of the light emitting sheet B are formed as grid-shaped individual electrodes (ie, row electrodes and column electrodes), and if the voltage applied to each individual electrode is changed, for example, a title region may be emphasized. It is possible to illuminate only the region that the user wants to illuminate.

In addition, when the light-emitting sheet B emits monocolor light, a monochromatic light source may be arranged uniformly over the entire surface.

(Green Blue) is placed. In the case of emitting light with the same color and brightness over the entire surface even with a full color, the anode B 2 ′ and the cathode B 5 may be used as well as individual electrodes as described above.

The display sheet A is controlled by the display control means 23 in the control section 42. The light emitting sheet B is controlled by a light emitting control means (not shown) in the control unit 42.

The mark 14 is displayed using pixels of a predetermined number of pixels belonging to the right side 110 of the display unit 11. That is, it is possible to light or blink the mark 14 by lighting or blinking at least one pixel of one column belonging to the right side 110 of the display unit 11.

Also, the mark 14 is displayed in a predetermined color when the light emitting sheet B emits light in one full color. Further, if the number of pixels constituting the mark 14 is increased and control such as lighting or blinking is performed in pixel units or the like, characters and figures can be displayed. If the anode B 2 ′ and the cathode B 5 of the light emitting sheet B are grid-shaped individual electrodes and the voltage applied to each individual electrode is changed, it is possible to illuminate only a part of the display unit 11, for example, a right end part Needless to say, Further, if a non-transmissive transmissive liquid crystal or the like having a different orientation characteristic from the display medium A4 of the display sheet A is used as the display medium corresponding to the mark 14, the mark can be displayed more clearly.

Next, a configuration example of the display drive unit 12 of the electronic paper 10 (1) will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, a display driver 12 (a) composed of a plurality of semiconductor chips is provided in the display drive section 12 (a: a positive integer for distinguishing the display driver). ).

In the display driver 12 (a), the column wiring L1 and the row wiring L2 are respectively connected to different semiconductor chips. The column wiring L1 refers to the wiring from the column electrode A5 on the display sheet A to the display driver 12 (a), and the row wiring L2 refers to the display driver A2 (from the row electrode A3 on the display sheet A). The wiring up to a). The display driver 12 (a) is connected to the display control means 23 of the main unit 20 by, for example, 8 bits, and the display driver 12 (a) decodes the 8 bits and specifies the 8 bits. A predetermined voltage is applied to the specified row electrode A3 and column electrode A5 (much more than 8 bits), so that the display driver 12 (a) can be used. Thus, the number of pins of the connection terminal can be reduced.

As described above, the display control means 23 controls the display data stored in the storage means 28 to be displayed on each electronic vapor 10 (e), and has the display data. Control is performed to display a mark 14 based on the mark data on each electronic paper 10 (e). That is, the display control means 23 transmits the display data (including the mark data) as data of a predetermined bit such as, for example, 8 bits every data corresponding to one pixel.

The data of the above-mentioned predetermined bit includes an address of each pixel and a row electrode A corresponding to each pixel. 3--Voltage information indicating whether a positive voltage or a reverse voltage is applied to the column electrode A5. The above display data is assumed to be binary dot data. However, if the data is in another format such as the AS CII format or Binary format, this display control means 23 is 2 It is converted to dot data of the value.

The display driver 12 (a) of each electronic paper 10 (e) decodes the display data from the display control means 23. Then, a voltage corresponding to the decoded data is output to the column wiring L1 and the row wiring L2 corresponding to the address. The voltage information is `` 0 '', which means that a positive voltage is applied to the row electrode A 3 and the column electrode A 5 corresponding to each pixel, and the voltage information is inverted to the row electrode A 3 and the column electrode A 5 corresponding to each pixel. It consists of “1” meaning applying voltage, and “NON” meaning not applying voltage to row electrode A 3 and column electrode A 5 corresponding to each pixel.

This “ΓΝΟΝ” means voltage information on the address of a pixel that does not need to be accessed. For example, when additional items are written on the display sheet して using a digitizer or the like (or when the already written contents are corrected, etc.), the additional items are written. Only the pixels belonging to the corrected area (or only the pixels belonging to the corrected area) need to be accessed. That is, since it is not necessary to access the pixels belonging to the area where the additional information has not been written (or the pixels belonging to the area where the correction has not been made), the voltage information of such a pixel is described as “ "NON" is set.

The number of semiconductor chips used as the display driver 12 (a) is not particularly limited. Further, the wiring method of the display driver 12 (a) and the column electrode A5 and the row electrode A3 is not limited to the above-described wiring method.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the thickness of the display drive unit 12 is larger than the thickness of the display unit 11. Further, it is preferable to use a member whose Young's modulus is larger than that of the display unit 11 as a member used for the display drive unit 12. In addition, in the above description, each electronic vapor 10 (e) is provided with the display drive unit 12, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the display control means 23 in the main body 20 is provided with the display driver 12 (a), and the column wiring L1 and the row wiring L2 are connected to the display control means 23. It doesn't matter.

According to the present invention, when editing the display data displayed on the electronic paper 10 (e), the mark 14 can be displayed together with the edited display data. For example, if the character string “Chapter 1” is input by any method, the mark 14 can be displayed on the electronic paper displaying the character string “Chapter 1”. In addition, according to the present invention, a "marker corresponding to a sticky note" used by the user for remembering can be attached to the electronic paper. In this case, the entire area of the right side 110 may be used as the area where the mark 14 is attached, or the mark is displayed together with the display data edited as described above. Thus, only a specific portion of the right side 110 (for example, an upper right corner) may be used.

Hereinafter, an example of the mark setting process by the mark setting means 35 will be described. In this case, three electronic vaporizers 10 (1) to 10 (3) are mounted on the main unit 20, and the pages that cannot be displayed on the three electronic vaporizers are displayed. The description will be made on the assumption that the number display data is stored in the storage means 28.

First, the user operates the display operation unit 51 to display, for example, pages 201 to 203 of the display data on the electronic papers 10 (1) to 10 (3). The display operation unit 51 includes a page display unit 51a, a forward key 51b, and a return key 51c described below.

That is, the page display section 51a displays the page number of the display data to be displayed on the electronic paper (for example, when a plurality of electronic papers are provided, the page number is displayed on the first electronic paper, for example). Page number of the display data to be displayed). Feed key 5 lb above Is a key for sending a page of display data to be displayed on the electronic vapor. The 'return key 51 c is a key for returning a page of display data to be displayed on the electronic paper.

As described above, when the user operates the display / operation unit 51 to display the display data, for example, pages 201 to 203 on the electronic papers 10 (1) to 10 (3), the above display is performed. The control means 23 performs control for displaying the page number “2 0 1” on the page display section 52. The page display section 52 is a display section for providing a mark, which is independent of the display section 51a provided in the display operation section 51. In the page display section 52, usually, the page number of the display data displayed on the first electronic paper of the double-page spread is displayed.

Here, if the user wants to find a place to be remembered on page 202 and display a mark (FIG. 6, step: stl → st 2), the user must use the send key 5 3 of the eye setting means 35. Press a once (Figure 6, step: st2 → st3). As a result, the page number "202" is displayed on the page display section 52 (FIG. 6, step: st3 → st4).

Next, the user presses the enter key 53b (FIG. 6, step: st4 → st5). In this way, the mark setting means 35 passes the information indicating that the page is page 202 (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “202”) to the display control means 23 (FIG. 6, Step: st5 → st6). Of course, the mark setting means 35 displays, together with the above “202”, an instruction to display a mark on the page corresponding to the “202” (ie, page 202) and predetermined mark data. Pass to control means 23.

The display control means 23 first associates the received mark data with “202” and stores it in the storage means provided in the display control means 23 (FIG. 6, step: st 6). The storage of the display data (here, page 202) and the landmark data in the storage means provided in the display control means 23 in this manner will be described below as a “configuration”. It is called J.

Now, as described above, the display control means 23 manages each electronic paper 10 (e) in association with the page number and the like displayed on these electronic papers 10 (e). are doing. Therefore, when an instruction to display a mark is received from the mark setting means 35, based on the “2 0 2” stored as described above, the page on the display data managed by itself and this Search for the electronic paper number corresponding to the page. As a result of this search, if it is found that page 202 is managed, a landmark based on the landmark data corresponding to “202” is placed on the electronic paper where page 202 is displayed. Control to display.

In addition, when the user wants to display a mark on a page that is not currently displayed on the electronic paper (for example, 199 page), the user operates the return key 53 c to operate the page display section 5 2. Press ENTER key 5 3 b while “1 9 9” is displayed on the screen. As a result, the mark setting means 35 passes the predetermined mark data and “199” to the display control means 23.

As a result, the display control means 23 associates the received mark data with "199" in the storage means provided in the display control means 23 in the same manner as described above. Then, in this case as well, the server searches the page immediately above the display data managed by itself and the electronic vapor number corresponding to this page based on the above "199". As a result of this search, it is found that the currently displayed page is 201 to 203 (that is, the page 199 is not displayed). In this case, "1 The control for displaying the mark based on the mark corresponding to “9 9” is not performed. However, when the user operates the display / operation section 51 to display page 199 on any of the e-vapors, a mark based on the mark data corresponding to “199” is displayed. Will be.

If you want to cancel the mark set on a given page, select the page number to be canceled. With the issue displayed on the page display section 52, a cancel instruction (for example, long-pressing the enter key 53b) may be performed. In this way, the mark setting means 35 passes the mark setting cancellation instruction and the page number to be canceled to the display control means 23. As a result, the display control means 23 updates the contents of the storage means so as to cancel the mark setting displayed on the page.

In the above description, the operation unit for setting the mark and the operation unit for displaying the display data are illustrated independently of each other, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the feed key, the return key, and the page display unit of the display operation unit 51 can be used as an operation unit for setting a mark.

In this case, the page for which the mark is set is, for example, the first electronic vapor paper. Then, when the enter key 53b is pressed while the page for which the mark is set is displayed on the first electronic paper, the mark is set on this electronic paper. On the other hand, if the enter key 53 b is pressed and held while the page for which the setting of the mark is to be canceled is displayed on the first electronic vapor, the mark set for this electronic vapor is displayed. Is canceled. When such a configuration is employed, as described above, it is impossible to set or cancel the setting of the mark regardless of the currently displayed page, but there is an effect that the number of keys can be reduced.

Further, in the above description, it is assumed that a portion where a mark can be displayed on one electronic paper is a single point, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, a plurality of portions that can display a mark on one electronic vapor paper may be provided. In the case of adopting such a configuration, a means for designating which part of the mark is to be displayed is required. As the designating means, for example, the above-mentioned determination key 53b can be used. In other words, when the decision key 5 3 b is pressed down normally, one of the above-mentioned plurality of parts is made to be active, for example, in order from the top, and the part where the mark is to be displayed is activated. It is decided in the state It is assumed that it is specified that a mark is displayed at the position by holding down the key 5 3 b.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to display a mark on an electronic paper on which a predetermined character string or the like is displayed, and furthermore, to cancel the mark display by a simple operation. it can. This mark can be used not only as a sticky note 、 but also in a predetermined group for each page or the like.

The control for displaying the mark on each electronic paper 10 (e) need not be limited to the display control means 23, and a predetermined means for performing this control may be provided separately. Is also good. However, in this case, the predetermined means performs control for displaying the mark based on the electronic paper number or the like managed by the display control means 23.

Further, in the above description, the configuration in which the main body 20 is provided with the storage unit 28, the display control unit 23, and the mark setting unit 35 is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, if the electronic paper is configured to have the storage means 28, the display control means 23, and the mark setting means 35, the same mark setting as described above can be realized by the electronic paper alone. It is.

[Embodiment 2]

By the way, the main body 20 and the electronic paper 10 are each provided with a pair of connection terminals (for example, a pair of male and female connection terminals), and can be physically and electrically connected. Of course, characters that correspond to display data can be displayed on the display unit 11 if they are electrically connected even if they are not physically connected. As a method of electrically connecting, there is a method in which both the main body 20 and the electronic paper 10 are provided with a wireless communication function (for example, a communication function along IRDA, B1e uo o th, etc.).

The electronic vapor 10 according to the present invention can be detached from the main body 20. is there. Therefore, in order to transfer display data only to the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic paper 10 is mounted, a configuration in which the detachment detection means 60 described below is provided in the main body 20 is adopted. Is preferred.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7A, the connection terminals 25 on the main body 20 are arranged in a fixed state at a predetermined position of the main body 20. The storage means 28 stores a number for identifying each connection terminal 25 of the main body 20 (hereinafter, referred to as a “connection terminal identification number”) together with the arrangement order.

The method of determining the connection terminal identification number is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the connection terminal identification number be set to a larger number as the distance from the front cover 261 of the electronic paper file increases. In other words, here, as shown in Fig. 7 (b), the connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 closest to the cover 2 61 is "1", and the connection terminal identification number is the second on the cover 26 1 The connection terminal identification number of the closest connection terminal 25 is "2", the connection terminal identification number of the third closest connection terminal 25 on the front cover 26 1 is "3", and the cover 26 The connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 that is the fourth closest to 1 is “4”.

Therefore, when the attachment / detachment detection means 60 detects the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic vapor paper 10 is attached (described later), the connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 detected in this way is stored. Obtained from means 28 (Fig. 8, S111). For example, when the electronic paper 10 is attached to the connection terminal 25 having the connection terminal identification number “1” and the connection terminal 25 having the connection terminal identification number “3”, 0 means that the connection terminal identification numbers "1" and "3" are obtained from the storage means 28.

The attachment / detachment detecting means 60 provides a number for identifying the connection order of the connection terminals 25 of the connection terminal identification numbers “1” and “3” (hereinafter referred to as “connection order identification number”). ) (Fig. 8, S1 1 2). In other words, here, the connection terminal 25 closest to the cover 26 1 (that is, the connection terminal 25 of the connection terminal identification number “1”) and the third closest to the cover 26 1 Connection terminal in position An electronic paper is attached to 25 (that is, connection terminal 25 of connection terminal identification number "3"). Therefore, the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 connects the connection order identification number “C 1”, which means that the attached electronic paper 10 is closest to the cover 26 1, to the connection terminal with the terminal identification number “1”. 2 and 5 (described later), and the connection order identification number “C 2” indicating that the attached electronic paper 10 is the second closest to the cover 26 1, and the connection terminal identification number “3” "Connection terminal 25. Further, the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 stores the fact that the connection order identification numbers “C 1” and “C 2” are given as described above in the storage means 28 (FIG. 8, S 113). The connection order identification numbers “C 1” and “C 2” are notified to the display control means 23. Accordingly, the display control means 23 which has received the notification transfers the display data to the connection terminals 25 of the connection terminal identification numbers "1" and "3". In this way, the display data can be displayed in order from the electronic paper closest to the front cover without transmitting display data to the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic paper is not connected (display omission). Yes (Fig. 8, S114)

In the above description, "the connection order identification number is assigned to the connection terminal 25" is expressed, but the specific method of assigning the connection order identification number in this way is not particularly limited. For example, of the connection terminal identification numbers "1" to "4" stored in the storage means 28, the connection terminal identification numbers "1" and "3" of the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic paper 10 is mounted. Only for, flag the corresponding storage area. By doing so, the connection order identification number “C 1” is assigned to the connection terminal 25 of the connection terminal identification number “1”, and the connection order identification number “C 2” is assigned the connection terminal identification number “3”. "Can be regarded as having been given to the connection terminal 25. Hereinafter, a configuration in which the attachment / detachment detection means 60 detects the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic vaporizer 10 is attached will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. The detection means 60 outputs two “1” signals to each connection terminal 25. At this time, if the electronic paper 10 is attached to the connection terminal 25, the two "1" signals are transmitted through the connection terminal 13 on the electronic paper side to the electronic paper. The signal is input to the AND gate 61 of the display driver 12. Then, the "1" signal is returned from the AND gate 61 to the attachment / detachment detection means 60 via the connection terminal 13 and the connection terminal 25. With this configuration, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 can detect that the electronic vapor paper 10 is connected to the connection terminal 25 to which the electric signal is output.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the same effect as described above can be obtained even when the push button 62 is provided on the inner surface of the back plate 31 of the main body 20. That is, the electronic button 10 is attached to the predetermined connection terminal 25, and at the same time, the push button 62 is pressed by the electronic button 10. By doing so, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 can detect that the electronic paper 10 is attached to the predetermined connection terminal 25 by pressing the push button 62.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, a photobra 63 that emits light in the direction in which the connection terminal 25 protrudes is provided on the main body 20, and based on the amount of reflected light, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 emits electrons. A configuration for detecting attachment / detachment of the vapor 10 may be employed. That is, when the electronic vaporizer 10 is attached to the connection terminal 25, the light emitted from the photopower bracket 63 is reflected by the electronic vaporizer 10. Therefore, when the detachment detecting means 60 recognizes that the photo power brush 63 has received a certain amount of reflected light, it detects that the electronic paper 10 is attached to the connection terminal 25. Has become.

In the above, the structure in which the connection terminal 25 on the main body side is fixed to the back plate 31 has been described. However, it is convenient if the connection terminal 25 can be rotated as described below.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the upper and lower ends of the cylindrical movable shaft piece 70 having a predetermined length are inserted into the upper and lower ends of the other movable shaft pieces 70 so as to be rotatable with each other. Part 7 0a 7 Ob is provided. On the inner peripheral surface of the movable shaft piece 70, as shown in FIG. 13 (b), a reflection portion 73 gradually widening in the circumferential direction is drawn, and the movable shaft piece 70. A connection terminal 25 on the main body side is provided in the axial direction of the outer periphery of the main body. Then, when the movable shaft pieces 70 thus configured are connected to each other, a connection body 71 is formed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, the photo force blur 63 is fixed to the element fixed shaft 75 in the movable shaft piece 70 so as to face the reflecting portion 73. The element fixed shaft 75 is fixed to the shaft end piece 72 while being inserted into the connection body 71. Further, the shaft end piece 72 is rotatably fixed to the upper and lower ends of the connecting body 71, and is fixed to the inner surface of the back plate 31. The means for fixing the shaft end piece 72 to the inner surface of the back plate 31 and the means for fixing both ends of the element fixing shaft 75 to both ends of the shaft end piece 72 are not the essence of the present invention. A detailed description will be omitted. By the way, in a state where the connecting body 71 is attached to the back plate 31 as described above, each of the photocouplers 63 emits light in the same direction. Also, in this state, if the orientations of the connection terminals 25 attached to the respective movable shaft pieces 70 are aligned, the reflection portion 73 drawn on the inner surface of each connection terminal also has an axial direction along the inner periphery thereof. Will have the same width. Accordingly, it is needless to say that the photo cover 63 outputs a signal corresponding to the rotation angle of each movable shaft piece 70 (that is, the rotation angle of each electronic vapor paper 10). Absent.

The configuration in which the movable shaft pieces 70 are directly connected to each other has been described above. However, as shown in FIG. 16, when an intermediate fixed piece 76 is interposed between the movable shaft pieces 70, Further, the connector 71 can be attached to the back plate 31 more stably.

That is, the insertion portions 70 a and 70 b of the movable shaft pieces 70 are rotatably inserted into the intermediate fixed piece 76, and the connection body 71 including the movable shaft pieces 70 is obtained. Then, the connecting body 71 is fixed to the back plate 31 with the shaft end piece 72 in the same manner as described above, and the intermediate fixing piece 76 is also fixed to the back plate 31. In this case, the element fixed shaft 7 5 May have the same configuration as above (see Fig. 14), but as shown in Fig. 17, the element fixed shafts 75 from each intermediate fixed piece 76 or shaft end piece 72 It may be configured to protrude inside _0c

Here, as shown in FIG. 18, the rotation angle of each electronic paper can be obtained by using a variable resistor 77 instead of the photo power blur 63. In other words, the variable resistor 77 on the donut is fixed to the element fixed shaft 75 so as not to hinder the rotation of the movable shaft piece 70, and the movable terminal 7 comes into contact with the parallel pull resistor 77 on the donut. 1 is provided on the inner surface of each movable shaft piece 70. When a specific connection terminal is rotated in this configuration, the voltage corresponding to the rotation angle is indicated by the parallel resistor 77, and the rotation angle of each electron vaporer is obtained.

In the above description, the reflecting portion 73 is drawn on the inner peripheral surface of the movable shaft piece 70, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, when the movable shaft piece 70 is made of a transparent material, the same effect can be obtained by drawing the reflecting portion 73 on the outer peripheral surface of the movable shaft piece 70.

Now, when the rotation angle of each connection terminal 25 on the main body side is obtained by using the photo force bra 63 or the variable resistor 77 as described above, the rotation angle is determined by the position detection in the main body 20. The attachment / detachment detection means 60 is notified by the means 64 _c. Thereby, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 detects the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic vapor paper 10 is attached. A connection order identification number is assigned to the detected connection terminal 25 based on the above notification contents, and the operation will be described in detail below. In the following, as shown in FIGS. 14 (a) and (b), the connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 closest to the upper shaft end piece 72 is "1", and the upper shaft The connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 closest to the end piece 72 is "2", and the connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 closest to the upper shaft end piece 72 is 3 The number is "3", and the connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25, which is the fourth closest to the upper shaft end piece 72, is "4". Will be explained. It is assumed that these connection terminal identification numbers "1" to "4" are stored in the storage means 28 together with their arrangement order.

First, as described above, the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 detects the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic vapor paper 10 is attached after being notified of the rotation angle from the position detecting means 64. Of course, the order in which the position detecting means 64 obtains the rotation angle and the operation in which the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 detects the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic vaporizer 10 is attached is not limited. . In other words, these operations may be performed in parallel (Fig. 15, S181 and S182).

Next, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 acquires the connection terminal identification number of the connection terminal 25 detected as described above from the storage means 28. For example, when the electronic vaporizer 10 is mounted on the connection terminal 25 having the connection terminal identification number "1" and the connection terminal 25 having the connection terminal identification number "3", 60, the connection terminal identification numbers “1” and “3” are obtained from the storage means 28.

Then, the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 assigns the connection order identification numbers to the connection terminals 25 of the connection terminal identification numbers “1” and “3” obtained in this manner (FIG. 15, S 18 3). ). However, since it is assumed here that the movable shaft piece 70 rotates, the process of assigning the connection order identification number is performed according to the rotation angle notified from the position detection unit 64, as described below. Perform based on.

For example, connection terminal 25 with connection terminal identification number "2", connection terminal 25 with connection terminal identification number "1", connection terminal 25 with connection terminal identification number "4", and connection terminal identification number " The case where the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 receives a notification that the rotation angle is small from the position detecting means 64 in the order of the connection terminals 25 of 3 "will be described. That is, in this case, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 uses the connection order identification number “C 1”, which means that the attached electronic paper 10 is closest to the front cover 26 1, to the connection terminal identification number “1”. Of the electronic paper 10 attached to the cover 2 61 The connection order identification number “C 2” meaning that it is closest to the second is assigned to the connection terminal 25 having the connection terminal identification number “3”.

Further, the attachment / detachment detection means 60 stores in the storage means 28 the fact that the connection terminal identification numbers “C 1” and “C 2” have been given as described above (FIG. 15, S 184). The connection terminal identification numbers "C1" and "C2" are notified to the display control means 23 in advance. Accordingly, the display control means 23 having received the notification transfers the display data to the connection terminals 25 of these connection terminal identification numbers "1" and "3". In this way, the display data is displayed in order from the electronic paper closer to the cover, without transmitting the display data to the connection terminal 25 to which no electronic paper is connected (display omission). (Fig. 15, S185) ₀

By the way, since the connection terminal 13 on the electronic paper 10 side described above is fixed at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the electronic paper 10, the electronic paper 10 is connected to the connection terminal. It is possible to connect only to the connection terminal 25 on the main unit at the position corresponding to 13. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 19 (a) and (b), when the plurality of connection terminals 25 are provided at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the main body 20, respectively, There was a problem that an electronic vaporizer 10 having a connection terminal 13 at a position connectable to 5 had to be prepared. Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, the following configuration may be adopted.

That is, as shown in FIG. 20, the necessary number of leads 80a to 80d for transferring display data are arranged at the end of the electronic vapor 10 side in parallel in the vertical direction. deep. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 21, two sandwiching plates 81 that elastically sandwich the electronic paper 10 in the thickness direction from the movable shaft piece 70 are formed in the radial direction of the movable shaft piece 70. Protrude. And, on the inner surface of the sandwiching plate 81, a lead-out lead 82 is provided, the leading end of which comes into contact with each of the parallel leads 80a-d provided on the electronic paper 10, and this lead-out lead 82 is connected to the lead in the main body. It is configured to lead to. Here, the number of lead leads 82 constituting each connection terminal 25 is the same as the number of parallel leads 80 a to d on the electronic paper side. It has the contacts 83 a to d that can be electrically connected to the parallel leads 80 a to d only with the above. Then, by holding the connection terminal 13 on the electronic vaporizer side from both sides with the holding plate 81 on the connection terminal 25 on the main body side, each parallel lead 80 a to d and each contact 8 3 a ~ D are in contact. As a result, it goes without saying that the display data transferred by the display control means 23 flows to the predetermined connection terminal 13 via the contacts 83 a to d.

When the display control means 23 performs display processing based on the connection order identification number notified by the detachment detection means 60 as described above, the connection of the connection terminals 25 to which the electronic paper 10 is mounted is established. The order identification number may be displayed on the electronic paper 10. By displaying the connection order identification number on the electronic paper 10 in this way, the electronic paper 10 can be removed from the main body 20. Even after this, the user can easily determine the order of the display data displayed on the electronic paper 10 by looking at the connection order identification number.

By the way, if the electronic paper 10 attached to one connection terminal 25 is removed and the corresponding electronic paper 10 is attached to another connection terminal 25, the display data is not displayed in the page order. There is. In order to solve such a problem, display data is stored in the storage means 28 provided in the main body 20 and the attachment / detachment detection means 60 always attaches / detaches the electronic vaporizer 10. What is necessary is just to set it to monitor. That is, when the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 detects that the electronic vapor 10 has been attached to the connection terminal 25 or that the electronic vapor 10 has been removed from the connection terminal 25, Then, the display control means 23 is notified of the connection order identification number of the connection terminal 25 to which the electronic paper 10 is attached. As a result, the display control means 23 reads the display data from the storage means 28 and stores the read data in the connection order identification number notified as described above. Display processing is performed based on the display processing.

In this case, the display data is stored in the storage means 28 provided in the main body 20. However, the display data is stored in the storage means provided in the electronic paper 10. The same effect can be obtained by storing. That is, when the storage means storing the display data is in the electronic paper 10, the display control means 23 acquires the display data from the storage means on the electronic paper 10. It is supposed to. Further, when the main body 20 is provided with the position detecting means 64, the position detecting means 64 operates in conjunction with the detachment detecting means 60 so that the connection order identification number is set to the connection terminal 2 as described above. It goes without saying that the connection order identification number is notified to the display control means 23 in addition to the number 5.

Further, a predetermined button (not shown) may be provided on the main body 20, and when the user presses the button, the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 and the position detecting means 64 may be operated. Alternatively, the attachment / detachment detecting means 60 and the position detecting means 64 may be activated when the power of the electronic paper file is turned on or when the display of the electronic paper is once cleared.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, electronic paper 10 can be removed from main body 20 and carried. Of course, if the same means as in the first embodiment is provided in the main body 20 and the electronic vapor device 10, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

[Embodiment 3]-This embodiment will be described with reference to Figs.

FIGS. 22 and 23 show the configuration of an electronic vapor file to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 24 shows a block diagram of the control system. The configurations of the electronic paper file main body 20 and the electronic paper 10 (e) are the same as those described in the second embodiment. Here, two terminals are connected to the connection terminals 25 (1) and (2) of the rotary structure provided in the main body 20. A configuration in which the child heaters 10 (1) and (2) are mounted will be exemplified. Also, it is assumed that the mark data is set in the storage means in the mark setting means 35.

First, the mark setting means 35 of the present embodiment includes a detecting means (for example, a sensor) 54 for detecting a state in which each electronic paper 10 (1) (2) is opened.

As shown in FIG. 22, the detecting means 54 includes a sensor for detecting that the electronic papers 10 (1) and (2) are adjacent to each other, and the electronic papers 10 (1) and (2). It is provided on one surface and the other surface of the display drive unit 12 provided in the camera. Hereinafter, a sensor provided on one surface of the display drive unit 12 included in the electronic vapor paper 10 (1) is referred to as a sensor 581a, and a sensor provided on the other surface is referred to as a sensor 58 1b.

When both the sensor 581a and the sensor 581b are turned on, the electronic vapor 10 (1) is sandwiched between the cover 26 1 and the electronic vapor 10 (2). To indicate that If only the sensor 58 1b is turned on, it indicates that the electronic vapor 10 (1) is open. When only the sensor 58 1a is turned on, it indicates that one surface of the electronic paper 10 (1) is closed to the cover 261 side.

By providing the sensors 58 1 a and 58 lb in this manner, the detecting means 54 detects the open state of the electronic paper 10 (1). Needless to say, the display drive section of the electronic paper 10 (2) is also provided with a sensor in the same manner as the electronic paper 10 (1).

Further, the detecting means 54 determines the angle S between the predetermined position of the main body 20 and the electronic paper 10 (1) (2) attached to the connection terminal 25 (1) (2) of the rotary structure. It can also be detected. Here, the predetermined position of the main body 20 refers to the back plate surface 31 a provided with the connection terminals 25 (1) and (2) on the back plate 31.

In order to detect the angle 0, the detecting means 54 includes light sources 56 1 -562 at the connection terminals 25 (1) and (2) as shown in FIG. The back plate 31 is provided with a light receiving section 5 7 1-5 7 2 for detecting light from 6 2. In other words, the light source 56 1 is used when the electronic paper 10 (1) attached to the connection terminal 25 (1) is perpendicular to the back surface 31 a. It is arranged to face a. In addition, the light receiving section 57 1 is used when the electronic paper 10 (1) attached to the connection terminal 25 (1) is opened 90 degrees or more with respect to the back plate surface 31 a. The light from the light source 561 of the connection terminal 25 (1) is arranged to be detectable.

By providing the light source 56 1 and the light receiving section 57 1 in this manner, the detection means 54 can detect that the open angle of the electronic vapor 10 (1) is 90 degrees or more. I'm ready to go. Of course, the arrangement of the light source 562 and the light receiving section 572 is also the same as the arrangement of the light source 561 and the light receiving section 571.

Since each of the above detection data corresponds to the connection terminal 25 (1) (2), it also corresponds to each connection terminal number indicating the connection terminal 25 (1) (2). Hereinafter, each connection terminal number is an electronic vapor number indicating each electronic paper 10 (1) (2) attached to the connection terminal 25 (1) (2).

Further, the detection means 54 includes a detection display section for displaying that the electronic vaporizer 10 (1) (2) is in a spread state and that the angle 0 is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. The cover of 0 may be provided on the cover 2 61. As this display method, for example, a method of lighting a light, an emitting diode, or the like can be adopted. In this way, the user can visually recognize whether or not the electronic vape 10 (1) is in a spread state, and whether or not the angle S is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

Then, based on the instruction from the detecting means 54, the mark setting means 35 generates the electronic paper of the electronic paper in the opened state and in the state where the angle 0 is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The number and an instruction to display a mark corresponding to the electronic paper number are passed to the display control means 23. The mark setting means 35 is set in the storage means in the mark setting means 35 together with the electronic paper number and the display instruction of the mark. The mark data is also passed to the display control means 23.

For example, when only the sensor 58 1a of the electronic vapor 10 (1) is turned on and the light receiving section 57 1 detects light from the light source 56 1 of the connection terminal 25 (1). If the electronic paper 10 (1) is displayed in a spread state by the information “electronic vapor number 101”, the display control means 23 receives the landmark. The data and the electronic paper number 101 are associated with each other and stored in the storage means in the display control means 23. The contents stored in this manner are retained until the identification number of the electronic vapor paper in the open state is newly sent from the detection means 54.

The display control means 23 refers to the contents of the storage means based on the electronic paper number 101 stored as described above, and generates a mark based on the mark data corresponding to the electronic paper number 101. Displayed on the electronic vapor 10 (1). As a result, the mark is displayed on the e-vapor in the opened state.

Next, the mark setting processing by the mark setting means 35 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following, it is assumed that two electronic papers 10 (1) and (2) are mounted, and the electronic vapor 10 (1) has 201 pages of display data. It is assumed that page 202 of the display data is displayed on electronic paper 10 (2).

First, when the user wants to display a mark on the electronic paper 10 (1) (Fig. 25, step: st10 → st11), the user opens the electronic paper 10 (1) (Fig. 25, Step: st 1 l → st 1 2). Accordingly, when the detecting means 54 detects that the electronic paper 10 (1) is in the open state (FIG. 25, step: st1 → st1 3), the mark setting means 35 The electronic vapor number 101 is passed to the display control means 23 (FIG. 25, step: st13). Of course, the mark setting means 35 together with the electronic paper number 101 and the electronic paper 1 corresponding to this electronic paper number 101 An instruction to display a mark at 0 (1) and predetermined mark data are passed to the display control means 23.

The display control means 23 associates the received electronic vapor number 101 with the mark data and stores it in the storage means in the display control means 23 (FIG. 25, step : St 1 4). Then, referring to the contents of the storage means, when it is determined that the electronic vapor number 101 and the electronic paper 100 (1) correspond, the electronic paper number 101 corresponds to the electronic paper number 101. Control to display the mark 14 based on the mark data to be performed on the electronic paper 10 (1).

When the user operates the display operation unit 51 to change the display content on the open page 110 (1) to the content of page 203, the electronic page 1 Needless to say, the display control means 23 controls the display of the mark at 0 (1).

Next, when the user opens the electronic vapor 10 (2), the predetermined mark data and the electronic vapor number 102 are transferred to the display control means 23 in the same manner as described above. As a result, the display control means 23 deletes the electronic vapor number 101 stored as described above, and also compares the received landmark data with the electronic paper number 102. Store it in association with it. Then, control is performed to display a mark 14 based on the mark data corresponding to the electronic vapor number 102 on the electronic vapor 1 ◦ (2).

Note that, in the above description, the mark is automatically displayed on the opened electronic vape. However, the display of the mark 14 may be canceled. In this case, a display cancel key or the like is provided at a predetermined position of each electronic paper 10 (1) (2). Then, when the display cancel key provided to the electronic paper 10 (1) in the opened state is pressed, the display control means 23 cancels the registration of the electronic paper number 101. It has become.

In the above description, when the connection terminals 25 (1) and (2) of the main body 20 have a rotary structure. However, even if the connection terminals 25 (1) and (2) have the fixed structure shown in FIG. 1, similar effects can be obtained as long as the above-described detection processing can be performed. Needless to say.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to display a mark on the electronic paper in a spread state and cancel the display of the mark by a simple operation.

[Embodiment 4]

FIG. 26 is a block diagram of a control system of the electronic vapor file according to the present embodiment. This electronic vapor file has the same configuration as any one of the first to third embodiments, and furthermore, the display control means 23 and the light emission control means when the main body 20 is turned off. Auxiliary power supply 55 is provided to back up 24. The auxiliary power supply 55 is a power supply (battery or the like) that is provided inside or outside the main body 20 of the electronic vapor file. When the mark is displayed on the specified electronic paper after the power of the main unit 20 is turned off manually or by a method such as the auto power off function or when the power is turned on again. Will be described. Of course, the electronic vapor number 101 and the mark data stored in the display control means 23 are retained even after the main unit 20 is turned off. Means 35 include detection means 54.

First, the user opens the electronic paper 10 (1) and opens the electronic paper 10 (1), for example, a specific document, book, encyclopedia, etc. displayed on the electronic paper 10 (1). In the case of referring to page 1, the display control means 23 associates the electronic paper number 101 indicating the opened state with the predetermined landmark data as in the third embodiment. Let me know.

Then, after the main unit 20 is turned off, the display control means 23 started by the auxiliary power supply 55 supplies the power corresponding to the electronic vapor number 101 stored as described above. The mark 14 based on the mark data is displayed on the child paper 10 (1). At this time, the light emission control means 24 activated by the auxiliary power supply 55 emits light in the range of the mark 14 displayed on the electronic paper 10 (1).

In this case, the mark 14 is displayed on the electronic vapor paper 10 (1) when the power of the main unit 20 is turned off, but this mark 14 is displayed again when the power is turned off. It does not matter when it is inserted. When to display the mark 14 can be selected by a key provided on the main body 20 or the like.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a predetermined mark can be displayed on the electronic vaporizer when the power of the main body 20 is turned off or turned on again. Therefore, even if the book being read is once closed, a mark is displayed at the closed position when the power of the main unit 20 is turned off or turned on again. Allows you to quickly open the part you have read before.

[Embodiment 5]

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described only with respect to differences from the first to fourth embodiments.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27, the control section 42 includes a table of contents index display control means 30 for displaying a table of contents, an index, and the like. Also, a cover display section 271, on which a table of contents, an index, and the like are displayed, is provided at a predetermined position on the cover or spine 32.

The above cover means either the front cover 261 or the back cover 262. Hereinafter, the cover display section on the front cover 26 1 side is referred to as “cover display section 27 1”, and the cover display section on the back cover 26 2 side is referred to as “cover display section 27 2”.

Next, the operation of the electronic vapor file will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the signal transmission / reception means 22 receives data to be displayed on the display section 11 of the electronic paper 10 (e) from another electronic paper file or a personal computer—evening or the like, and displays the data for display. The data is stored in the storage unit 28 as data. Hereafter, The stored display data is the data of the electronic book. The data related to the text of the electronic book (hereinafter referred to as “text data”), the data related to the table of contents (hereinafter “contents data”). ) And the data related to the index (hereinafter referred to as “index data”).

Predetermined landmark data is set in the text data by the method described below. For example, if the table of contents is organized in chapters, different body mark data are set for each chapter in the body data in order to divide the text in chapter units. Of course, in order to divide the text by index unit, different index data may be set for each index in the text data.

As shown in FIG. 27, the table of contents index display control means 30 displays the table of contents on the cover display section 271, provided on the front cover 261, and the cover provided on the back cover 26, as shown in FIG. The index is displayed on the display 2 7 2. The display processing by the index index display control means 30 is performed based on the index data and the index data included in the display data stored in the storage means 28.

In FIG. 27, the table of contents is displayed on the cover display section 271 provided on the front cover 261, and the index is displayed on the cover display section 272 provided on the back cover 262. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, it is also possible to employ only one of the configuration of displaying the table of contents on the cover display section 271, and the configuration of displaying the index on the cover display section 272.

The table of contents data includes title data (characters, etc.) corresponding to each predetermined unit (for example, section or chapter), range data for this unit (for example, page number or paragraph number), and title data that indicates the entire display data. Etc. The above-mentioned index data includes predetermined data (for example, words such as "environment" and "education"), and location numbers (for example, page numbers and paragraph numbers) corresponding to the content data.

The title indicated by the title data included in the table of contents data and the table of contents —The page number etc. indicated by the range data included in the evening is displayed at a predetermined position on the cover display section 27 1. Each word or phrase indicated by the content data included in the index data, the page number or the like indicated by the location number, and the like are displayed at a predetermined position on the cover display section 272.

If the display data does not include the table of contents data or index data (that is, if only the body data is provided), the table of contents index display control means 30 searches the contents of the display data and searches the contents table of contents and index. Data may be created. In addition, the table of contents index display control means 30 displays the number of electronic paper sheets attached to the main body 20 on the cover display part 27 1 or 27 2 in addition to the title and page number. It is good. In this way, even when a large number of electronic papers are mounted on the main body 20, the user can easily know the number of electronic papers.

Hereinafter, based on FIGS. 28 (a) and (b), the mark corresponding to the item of the table of contents (here, Chapters 1 to 4) displayed on the cover display section 271 is displayed by the display control means. The operation displayed by 23 will be described.

First, as shown in Fig. 28 (a), the display positions of the marks 14a having the same size are overlapped for each of the first to fourth chapters in the above table of contents. In this way, the groups can be grouped by each chapter, so that the electronic paper displaying the page corresponding to each chapter can be easily found.

Also, as shown in FIG. 28 (b), the display color of the mark 14b having the same display position is different for each chapter in the table of contents. Even in this case, similar to the above, since the groups can be divided into the respective chapters, the electronic paper displaying the page corresponding to each chapter can be easily found.

In the above description, the cover display section for displaying the table of contents, the index, and the like is provided at a predetermined position on the cover or spine 32, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, the table of contents, index, etc. should be displayed on the display section 11 of the electronic paper. It may be.

The control performed by the table of contents index display control means 30 may be performed by the display control means 23. In other words, the display control means 23 in this case controls the display of the display data for each electronic paper 10 (e), and at the same time, the table of contents and the index for the cover display section 27 1 and 27 2. And so on.

[Embodiment 6]

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described only with respect to differences from the first to fifth embodiments.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 33, a selection means 44 for selecting the data to be searched is provided in the cover display unit 271-1272 and the display unit 11 of the electronic paper 10. At the same time, the control section 42 includes search control means 33 for searching the display data of the storage means 28 of the main body 20 based on the data selected by the selection means 44. ₍ As a configuration for realizing the above-mentioned selection means 44, as shown in FIG. 30, a transparent instrument having a digitizer function capable of detecting the contact position of a writing instrument (a sharp object such as a pen) 45) A configuration using a sheet 44 is considered here.It is assumed here that the transparent sheet 44 is provided on the upper surface of the display unit 11 of the electronic paper 10 (1).

First, a writing instrument is brought into contact with the display position of the character to be searched among the characters displayed on the display section 11 from above the transparent sheet 44. In this way, the transparent sheet 44 detects the position of the character to be searched by the digitizer function, and passes the position information (address) thus detected to the search control means 33. In other words, the character to be searched can be selected by the transparent sheet 44.

If it is possible to specify the position where the character is displayed, it is not always necessary to detect the position using the digitizer function as described above. For example, the same effect can be obtained by designating the position where the character is displayed using a pointing device such as a mouse.

The search control means 33 stores the character data corresponding to the received position information. Search from the display data in column 28. Since the mark data is set in the display data as described in the first embodiment, the mark data set in the character data (display data) searched in this way is displayed on the display control means 2. Pass to 3. Accordingly, the display control means 23 performs control to display a mark on the electronic vapor printer 10 (1) based on the received mark data.

In the above description, the case where the data to be searched is selected from the display unit 11 of the electronic paper 10 (1) has been described. Hereinafter, the case where the data to be searched is selected from the main body 20 will be described. That is, in the following description, it is assumed that the cover display sections 27 1 and 27 2 of the main body 20 have the above-described selection means 44 (digitizer function).

As shown in FIG. 31, the table of contents index display control means 30 acquires the table of contents data from the storage means 28 as described in the fifth embodiment, and obtains the title of each chapter based on this table of contents data. Each item consisting of the page number of each chapter is displayed on the cover display section 27 1 of the main body 20. Further, the display control means 23 shown in FIG. 31 displays a mark on each electronic vapor paper 10 (e) mounted on the main body 20.

In Figure 31, the item “Chapter 1 ··· Page 8” is a landmark 151, the item “Chapter 2... Page 15” is a landmark 15 2 and “Chapter 3 · · · · Page 25 5 J is an example of a landmark 15 3, and “Chapter 4 · · · · Page 45 5 J is an example of a landmark 15 4.

FIG. 31 shows an example in which one chapter is composed of one electronic paper. However, it is needless to say that a plurality of electronic vapor papers may constitute one chapter. Absent. In this case, the landmark (for example, landmark 15 1) may be displayed on all of the Xiaozi papers that make up one chapter (for example, Chapter 1), or one landmark may be displayed. (For example, Chapter 1), a plurality of electronic papers may be displayed only on the electronic paper displaying the first page. When the item “Chapter 2” displayed on the cover display section 27 1 is selected by the above-described method, the search control means 33 reads from the table of contents data stored in the storage means 28 Search for the string "Chapter 2". Then, when searching for table of contents data that includes the character string “Chapter 2”, the page corresponding to the page number included in this table of contents data (that is, the page corresponding to Chapter 2) is searched from the above text data list I do. Further, the search control means 33, together with the search result (the page corresponding to Chapter 2), sends the mark data set in the display data including the character string "Chapter 2" to the display control means 23. hand over. Accordingly, the display control means 23 changes the display of the mark 142, for example, by increasing the display range based on the received search result and the mark data.

Next, a description will be given of an operation for searching a page, a phrase, or the like corresponding to each item of the index from the index displayed on the cover display section 272 of the main body 20.

As shown in FIG. 32, the table of contents index display control means 30 acquires index data from the storage means 28 as described in the fifth embodiment, and based on the index data, each word and each word Is displayed on the cover display section 2 7 2. Then, when the item “education” displayed on the cover display section 27 is selected, the search control means 33 performs a search process in the same procedure as described above, and then performs the search processing together with the search result. The mark data corresponding to the index data is passed to the display control means 23.

The display control means 23 displays a mark on each electronic vapor machine 10 (e) attached to the main body 20 based on the received mark data. Here, in correspondence with the item “Education ····· Pages 15 and 30”, two electronic papers displaying pages 15 and 30 are marked 1 5 5 · 1 5 6 Will be displayed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a desired word or the like can be searched, and a mark can be displayed on a page based on the search result. In this way, it is possible to easily find a page on which a desired phrase or the like is displayed. Needless to say,

[Embodiment 7]

By the way, in the conventional electronic vapor file, when a plurality of electronic papers are stacked, the surface constituted by the above-mentioned side of the electronic vapor paper (the surface facing the back plate 31 of the main body 20). , Hereinafter referred to as “Side 3 8”). Hereinafter, the operation of the control for displaying the mark 14 on the side surface 38 (hereinafter, referred to as “side display”) will be described as an example, and only the differences between the present embodiment and the first to sixth embodiments will be described.

First, the user sets the landmark data from a personal computer or the like equipped with a landmark setting system. The hard disk of this personal computer stores data such as electronic books in page units. This personal computer is not shown here because it is a normal personal computer except that it has a landmark setting system.

When the mark setting system is started, the main menu of this system is displayed on the monitor of the personal computer. With this, when an item for setting a mark (hereinafter referred to as a “marker setting item”) is selected from the items included in the main menu by using input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, The side setting items are displayed on the personal monitor in the evening together with the page specification items described later.

The above-mentioned side setting items are items for easily setting the mark data corresponding to the marks 14 displayed on the side 38. When this side setting item is selected by input means such as a keypad or a mouse, a side setting menu 34 described below is displayed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 35, the side setting menu 34 includes two items, a “setting item” 34 a and a “side view” 34 b corresponding to the “setting item” 34 a. There is a new. The above “side view” 3 4b shows the side view 38 of the electronic vapor file.

The “mark mark display position” included in the “setting item” 34 a includes the items “row direction” and “column direction”. The “row direction” corresponds to the vertical direction on the side view 34b. The “row direction” corresponds to the horizontal direction on the side view 34b.

In the column direction, enter the number of divisions when the side surface 38 is divided in the column direction. Thus, the mark display position in the column direction can be set. For example, if “10” is input as the number of divisions, the side surface 38 is divided into 10 in the column direction, and the numbers indicating the display position in the column direction are “1” and “2” in order from the upper side of the divided area. · · · “10” is set. If the number of divisions is not input, the same setting processing is performed based on a predetermined initial value.

In the above "row direction", enter the number of divisions when the side surface 38 is divided in the row direction. Thereby, the mark display position in the row direction can be set. For example, if "1" is entered as the number of divisions, the side surface 38 is divided into one in the row direction, and the number indicating the display position in the row direction in order from the left of this divided area (here, only "1") Is set. If the number of divisions is not input, similar setting processing is performed based on a predetermined initial value.

As described above, in the “marker display position” menu, the area on the side surface 38 where the mark is displayed is set by the “row direction” and “column direction” items. In the above “Marker Content” menu, you can set either “Character” or “Graphic” or both as the mark type. Also, you can set the “Shape”, “Large”, “Position”, “Color” of the mark. "The display method" can be specified. The contents to be set for these items are the contents corresponding to the contents specified in the above “row direction” and “column direction” (here, each number 1, 2, ..., 10 indicating the display position). Keep it. In the "Shape" item, characters and character codes are input, as are the shapes and patterns of figures. That is, the "character" indicates the display position. Enter "A line" for number 1 and "KA line", ... for number 2 and "WA line" for number 10 in the same way. Also, for the above “shape”, enter “Rectangle / Fill” in number 1 and similarly, enter “Rectangle / Fill” in number 2 and “Rectangle / Fill” in number 10 input. If the character or figure shape is not input, the same processing is performed based on a predetermined initial value.

In the "Size" field, enter the size of the characters (points, etc.) and the size of the figure (magnification relative to the reference display width). That is, as for the “character J”, “14 point” is input to the number 1 indicating the display position, and similarly, “14 point” is input to the number 10 from the number 2. Also, for the above "shape", for example, if you want to set the display width of the shape set in "a line" to "sa line" to twice the display width of the shape set in "ta line" to "wa line" Enter "2 times" for numbers 1 to 3 and "1 times" for numbers 4 to 10. If the size of a character or figure is not input, the same processing is performed based on a predetermined initial value. In the "Position" field, enter the display position of the character (left end, etc.) and the display width of the figure (page number, etc.). That is, as the above “characters”, enter “center” in the number 1 indicating the display position, and in the same way, enter “center right” in the number 2 and “center right” in the number 10. input. Also, as the above “shape”, enter “Page 1 to Page 50” in the number 1 and in the same manner, enter “Page 51 to Page 95” in the number 2 Page 2 6 0 to Page 2 7 5 ”. If the display position of the character or the display width of the figure is not input, the same processing is performed based on the predetermined initial value.

In the above "Color" item, enter the color of characters and figures. That is, as the “characters”, “black” is input for the number 1 indicating the display position, and “black” is input for the numbers 2 to 10 in the same manner. In addition, as the above “graphic”, enter “black” in number 1 and similarly enter “black” in numbers 2 to 10. In addition, If a character or figure color is not input, the same processing is performed based on a predetermined initial value.

In the "Display method" item, specify whether to turn on or blink the display of characters and figures. That is, as the “character”, “lit” is input for the number 1 indicating the display position, and “lit” is input for the numbers 2 to 10 in the same manner. Also, as the above “graphics”, enter “blinking” in number 1 and similarly enter “blinking” in numbers 2 to 10. If it is not specified whether to turn on or blink, the same processing is performed based on a predetermined initial value.

In order to make accurate settings for each of the above items, it is necessary to set in advance the number of e-vapers attached to the e-vaper file and the heights of the landmarks 14a. It is preferable (since one mark is formed when a plurality of electronic papers are overlapped, a mark displayed on one electronic paper is referred to as a “marker piece 14a” here). This is because the number of electronic papers corresponds to the number of pixels in the row direction, and the height 144 of the mark piece 14a corresponds to the number of pixels in the column direction. In particular, when performing full color display, it is necessary to consider the setting items above in consideration of the fact that three times the number of electronic papers is required in the row direction as compared with mono color display for one color. Must be set.

In the “side view” 3 4b displayed on the side setting menu 34, a mark based on the specification of each of the above setting items is displayed in a simulated manner. You can check. In addition, each item of “setting item” 34 a may be directly input to “side view” 34 b displayed on the side setting menu 34.

After the setting of each setting item above is completed, when the item of “(3) Setting end” displayed on the side setting menu 34 is selected, the display returns to the main menu of the system. Then, based on the mark data set as described above, a mark piece data set for each page or paragraph is created. Placemark created in this way The piece data is set in the data (page unit, paragraph unit, etc.) stored in the hard disk of the personal computer.

—On the page designation item of the main menu, enter the page number to set the marker piece data using input means such as keyboard and mouse. When the page number is entered in this page specification item, the morphological setting items (not shown) such as “marker piece display position”, “marker piece color”, “marker piece display method (lighting or blinking, etc.)” are displayed. Appears on the monitor of the personal computer. Then, when the user designates each of the form setting items, landmark piece data corresponding to the designated form setting item is created and set to the page of the input page number. Needless to say, the above-mentioned landmarks can be set not only in units of pages but also in units of predetermined paragraphs or phrases.

The data set as described above is stored as a display data in the storage means 28 via the signal transfer means 22 of the control section 42 shown in FIG. 33. You. The display control means 23 passes the display data thus stored to each electronic paper 10 (e), and generates a mark based on the mark piece data of the display data. The piece 14a is displayed on each electronic paper 10 (e).

As a result, the mark 14 formed by the set of the mark pieces 14a appears on the side surface 38 when a predetermined number of the electronic papers 10 (e) are overlapped. Of course, the mark 14 here is the same character or design as the “side view” 3 4 b of the above side setting menu 34, as shown in FIG.

The setting method of the landmark data is as follows: the cover display section provided on the front cover 261, the back cover 262 of the main body 20 or the display section of the electronic vapor paper attached to the main body 20. Another way is to display the menu and enter the necessary information in this menu. In this case, the mark data can be set in the display data stored in the storage means 28 of the main body 20 and also in the predetermined storage means of the display control means 23. it can. Of course, a key for turning the side display ON / OFF may be arranged at a predetermined position of the main body 20 of the electronic vapor file or a predetermined electronic paper.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a mark such as a character or a pattern can be displayed on the side surface 38 when a predetermined number of electronic vaporizers 10 (e) are overlapped. The electronic vaporer on which the data is displayed can be easily found.

[Embodiment 8]

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described only on the points different from the above-described seventh embodiment.

Fig. 36 is a block diagram of the electronic mail file, and Fig. 37 is a block diagram of the electronic mail file. That is, in the present embodiment, a writing means 40 for writing a mark 14 such as a character or a pattern on the side surface 38 when a predetermined number of electronic papers are stacked, or for erasing the displayed mark 14. Was prepared.

The writing means 40 includes a transparent sheet 37 having a digitizer function and a display control means 23 provided in the control section 42 of the main body 20. In FIG. 36, the transparent sheet 37 is fixed to the side 26 1 a facing the side joined to the main body 20, and this transparent sheet 37 is placed on the side surface 38. If this is possible, the fixing position is not particularly limited.

Next, an example of the operation of the electronic vapor file provided with the writing means 40 will be described. Here, it is assumed that a switching key (not shown) for selecting whether to write or erase the mark by the writing means 40 is arranged at a predetermined position on the front cover 261.

First, a predetermined number of electronic vapor papers 10 (e) attached to the main body 20 are overlapped so as to be sandwiched between the front cover 261 and the back cover 262 of the main body 20. As a result, the side surface 38 is constituted by the superposed electronic vapor 10 (e).

Further, the transparent sheet 37 fixed to the side 26 1 a is placed on the side surface 38. Tie up. Thereby, the address of the data detected by the digitizer function of the transparent sheet 37 is associated with the address (X, Y) of the side surface 38. X corresponds to the number of pixels in the row direction (that is, the number of pixels in the width direction obtained by superposing the electronic vapor 10 (e)), and Y corresponds to the number of pixels in the column direction.

Then, after selecting the writing means 40, the user draws a desired mark on the transparent sheet 37 with a writing instrument. As a result, the transparent sheet 37 detects the address (X, Y) of the contact point between the transparent sheet 37 and the writing instrument by the digitizer function, and uses the address (X, Y) as the position information 301 as display control means. Pass to 23.

Based on the mark data set in the storage means of the display control means 23 and the position information 301, the display control means 23 sets the range in which the mark pieces 14a are displayed as described below. Control in units.

For example, by the operation described in the seventh embodiment, the mark data has information meaning “lit”, and the address (1, 1) (1, 2) (2, 3) Suppose (2, 4) is sent. In this case, the first and second pixels are illuminated from the upper side in the height direction of the marking piece 14a provided on the first electronic vapor paper 101 of the front cover 26 from the first side. Cover 26 Turn on the 3rd and 4th pixels from the upper side in the height direction of the mark piece 14a of the second electronic paper 102 from the 1st side: After selecting the above erase key, When a writing instrument is brought into contact with the transparent sheet 37 on the side surface 38 on which the mark is displayed, the transparent sheet 37 passes the position information 302 to the display control means 23 in the same manner as described above. Accordingly, the display control means 23 controls the display cancellation on a pixel-by-pixel basis for the mark piece 14a corresponding to the position information 302.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, mark 14 can be written on side surface 38 and mark 14 written on side surface 38 can be erased. In the above description, a configuration using the transparent sheet 37 is illustrated as a configuration for realizing the writing unit 40, but a configuration using a pointing device represented by a mouse may be adopted. Similar effects can be obtained.

Although not particularly mentioned in the above description, it is needless to say that the rotating structure described in the second embodiment may be adopted in the electronic vapor file described in the present embodiment.

[Embodiment 9]

As described above, according to the conventional electronic vapor file, when a large number of electronic vaporizers are attached to the main body, the user can display desired display data on any electronic vaporizer. It was difficult to know if there was. In addition, for display data without a table of contents or index, it is necessary to employ a method of sequentially examining the contents of the display data as a means of searching for the display data to be viewed, and to search for the desired display data overnight. Was more difficult and time consuming.

Therefore, in the landmark setting system adopted in the present embodiment, a landmark can be set in a well-divided part such as “chapter” or “section” or display data corresponding to a frequently viewed phrase. . In this way, even when the electronic paper is displayed without a table of contents or index, it is easy to find which electronic paper contains the desired display data.

In any case, to display the display data based on the above-mentioned landmarks, it is necessary to set the landmark data in the display data. The procedure for executing this setting work on a personal computer will be described below.

In the hard disk 200 shown in FIG. 38, display data to be displayed in the electronic paper file 10 is stored in page units. When the landmark setting system is started on the computer in this state, the menu 102 of this system is displayed on the display screen 101. If you select the mark addition setting item 103 from the items included in the menu 102, the page designation item 201 is displayed as shown in Fig. 39. Item 201 is selected by input means 210 such as a keyboard / mouse or the like by using a keyboard or the like. In this state, the page number of the display data to be the mark target data is input to the input field 202 using the input means 210. When the page number is input, the mark setting means 301 shown in FIG. 40 recognizes the display data related to the page of this page number as the mark target data.

As a result, the configuration items 203 (for example, “display range”, “color”, and “blink interval”) are displayed on the display screen 101, and when the user selects desired conditions for these items, Based on this selection, mark color information, display range information, and blinking information (hereinafter collectively referred to as “marker form information”) are created.

For example, when the “display range” of the above-mentioned configuration item 203 is specified, as shown in the left figure of FIG. 41 (a), the model 4 of the electronic paper 10 described in the first embodiment is used. 0 1 is displayed on the display screen 101, and the surface on which the mark is to be displayed on the electronic paper 10 can be designated by the pointer 402. If a specific surface (for example, a display surface) is specified here, the specified surface is enlarged and displayed as shown in the right figure of FIG. 41 (a). (For example, the right side 110) and the shape of the mark are specified by the bus button 402.

The method of designating the surface on which the mark is to be displayed and the shape of the mark is not limited to the method described with reference to FIG. In other words, as shown in FIG. 41 (b), a pull-down menu 404 is provided so that the face on which the mark is to be displayed and the shape of the mark can be selected from the pull-down menu 404. It is good.

The method of specifying “color” and “blinking interval” is not limited to the above method. That is, pull-down menus corresponding to “color” and “blink interval” are provided, and this pull-down menu is displayed. In the drop-down menu, the color to be displayed and the presence or absence of blinking (or blinking interval) may be made selectable. When specifying colors, the user may be able to adjust the display level of each of the RGB colors to create a unique color, and to be able to select such a created color. Further, in the specification of the “flashing interval”, a specific time such as a flashing cycle may be specified using the input means 201.

When the user inputs all the page numbers (or the first and last page numbers) to which the predetermined “chapter” belongs in the input box 202, the mark setting means 310 1 Is recognized as the above-mentioned mark target data. As described above, when a plurality of pages to which a predetermined “chapter” belongs are recognized as the above-described landmark target data, the landmark form information is set in the form setting item 203 for one page constituting the predetermined “chapter”. Create As a result, the same mark form information is automatically created for all pages to which the predetermined “chapter” belongs.

However, when such a method is adopted, as shown in FIG. 42, the same landmark form information is set in both the predetermined chapter 501 and the adjacent chapter 501 and the adjacent chapter 502. Then, even if the mark 5 0 3 is displayed on the electronic paper 10, the chapter cannot be identified. In order to avoid such a problem, the mark form information created by the mark setting means 301 is transferred to the form confirming means 302. This form confirmation means 302 determines whether or not the same mark form information is set in the adjacent “chapter”. If it is determined that the same mark form information is set, the display screen 1 indicates that. 0 1 is displayed.

Specifically, as described above, when the user creates the desired landmark form information by the landmark setting means 301 (FIG. 43, S l), the landmark form information thus created becomes the form It is transferred to the confirmation means 302 (FIG. 43, S2). Thereby, the form confirmation means 302 acquires the mark form information of the display data of the “chapter” adjacent to the mark target data (hereinafter referred to as “adjacent display data”) from the hard disk 200. (Figure 4 3, S 3). Then, the landmark form information created as described above is compared with the landmark form information set in the adjacent display data, and it is determined whether or not the landmark form information is the same ( Figure 43, S4).

In the comparison processing, when it is determined that the both landmark form information are not the same, the above-prepared landmark form information is set at a predetermined position of the display data corresponding to the page serving as the landmark target data.

On the other hand, when it is determined in the above comparison process that the both landmark form information is not the same, as shown in FIG. 42, exactly the same landmark is displayed on the electronic vapor paper 10 of the adjacent “chapter”. Will be. Therefore, in such a case, a warning is displayed on the display screen 101 indicating that the boundary of the mark cannot be distinguished (FIG. 43,

5 5).

When the above warning is issued, the user selects whether or not to change the landmark form information corresponding to the landmark whose boundary cannot be identified (Fig. 43, S6). For example, if you do not need to identify the boundary of the placemark, select the "Do not change" button. On the other hand, if the user wants to be able to distinguish the boundaries of the landmarks, select the “change” button and change the landmark form information created above or the landmark form information set in the adjacent display data. Then, when the landmark form information is created with this change, the landmark form information thus created is transferred to the form confirming means 302 again (FIG. 43, S7). The subsequent processing is the same as the above-described comparison processing.

The mark form information may be set at a predetermined position (for example, the top of the display data) of the display data of the page to be the mark target data.

For example, if the number of characters in a line displayed on the electronic paper 10 is 40 and the number of lines per page is 30, the mark form information is “10 page”, “side”, “1”. When the user specifies the condition of “1st to 5th line”, “red” and “short blinking interval” from the mark setting means 301, the mark form information is set at the top position of the display data on the 10th page. Will be set. Specifically, as shown in Fig. 44 (a), the position where the mark is displayed "Lines 1 to 15 of column 40 on page 10", the color of the mark "Red", and the point of the mark Marking interval information "short" is set. When the display data on which such mark form information is set is displayed on the electronic paper, as shown in Fig. 45, the side of the electronic paper 30 that displays page 10 of the display data is displayed. The red mark 3 1 will be displayed at a short flashing interval on the 1st to 15th lines of the.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 44 (b), the mark form information may be set at the end 32 of the display data. In the case where the electronic paper 10 includes the storage means 28, display data including mark form information displayed on the electronic paper 10 is stored in the storage means 28. If this is done, a mark will be displayed on the electronic paper 10 even if the electronic paper 10 is removed from the main body 20 and attached to another main body 20.

In this way, by adopting a configuration in which the display data and the mark can be displayed on the electronic paper 10, a predetermined mark can be found without looking at the display contents of the electronic paper 10. This makes it possible to easily find the electronic paper 10 on which the desired display data is displayed.

[Embodiment 10]

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described only on the points different from the ninth embodiment.

With the above-mentioned menu 102 shown in FIG. 38 displayed on the display screen 101, the user selects the above-mentioned landmark provision setting item 103 from the items included in this menu 102. To instruct. As a result, when the mark setting means 301 is activated, as shown in FIG. 39, the character string selection item 204 and the character string input item 205 are arranged side by side with the above-mentioned configuration item 203. Is displayed on the display screen 101 (FIG. 46, S ll).

When the character string selection item 204 is selected (FIG. 46, S12), the contents of the display data are displayed on the display screen 101. A desired character string is selected based on the character string based on the character (FIG. 46, S 13). Next, when the character string input item 205 is selected (FIG. 46, S14), a column for inputting a character string is displayed on the display screen 101, and the user can input the input means 210 Enter the desired character string using 0 (Fig. 46, S15).

The character string thus input is transferred to the search means 304 shown in FIG. As a result, the search means 304 automatically searches the display data for the input character string as a search target (FIG. 46, S16). When a search is made for the page number including the input character string and the position (address) of the character string in the page, the search result is displayed on the display screen 101. .

Here, the user deletes, from the search results displayed on the display screen 101, the page number and the position (address) of the character string for which the landmark form information is not desired to be set (see FIG.

46, S17). The search results not deleted here are transferred to the mark setting means 301 (FIG. 46, S18).

The search result transferred in this manner automatically becomes the mark target data.

After the search result is transferred, the user creates the landmark form information in the form setting item 203 displayed on the display screen 101. For example, when the user specifies the above configuration items 203 (for example, “display range”, “color”, and “blinking interval”), the user can enter desired conditions in these items. Therefore, when desired conditions are input for each item, landmark form information is created based on the input contents.

The pull-down menu allows you to select the font of the character string, its background color, whether to flash the character string, and whether to display a mark at the end of the same row or column as the character string area. A menu may be provided so that the mark form information can be created. When the mark form information is created as described above, the display range of the mark form information for a predetermined character string may be the same as the display range of the mark form information for another character string. In order to avoid such a problem, it is preferable to adopt the following method.

That is, when the mark form information is created for a predetermined character string (FIG. 46, S 19), the information on the display range of the mark form information thus created is sent to the form confirmation means 302. Make sure it is transferred (Fig. 46, S20). As a result, the form confirmation means 302 obtains the information on the display range of the landmark form information from the display data stored in the hard disk 200 (FIG. 46, S2). 1), It is determined whether or not the display range obtained in this way overlaps the display range of the landmark form information created above (FIG. 46, S22).

Here, when the form checking means 302 determines that the display ranges do not overlap, the created mark form information is displayed at a predetermined position on the page of the display data including the mark target data (for example, Is set at the beginning of the display data for the page). On the other hand, if the form confirmation means 302 determines that the display ranges overlap, the mark form information created on the hard disk 200 is overwritten with the created mark form information. Alternatively, a button for instructing either “do not overwrite” is displayed on the display screen 101 (FIG. 46, S 23).

Here, if the “do not overwrite” button is selected (Fig. 46, S23, N), the above input field 202, character string selection item 204, or character string input item 205 will not be displayed. The display screen 101 is displayed again. When predetermined conditions are input to these items and the data to be marked is selected as described in the first embodiment, the form setting item 203 sets the above-mentioned mark form so that the display range of the mark does not overlap. Change the information (Fig. 46, S2 4) o When this change is completed, the changed landmark form information is transferred to the form confirmation means 302 again, and the display range overlaps with other landmarks as above. Comparison process Is done. By performing this comparison processing, a plurality of landmark form information is not set at the same position, so that all the landmarks are displayed without overlapping. As shown in Fig. 47 (a), when the user specifies the character string of "environment" as the data to be marked, the information indicating that the data is the data to be marked ("&" here) Is set before and after the code that represents “environment” (hereinafter simply referred to as “environment”). Next, if you create mark form information to display the character string in blue, “Display character string in blue” will be set at the position immediately after “&”. As a result, the “environment” sandwiched between “&” is displayed in blue when displayed on the electronic paper.

As shown in FIG. 47 (b), the mark form information may be set at the end of the display data. When the address of "Environment" which is one night of the target data of the landmark is searched by the search means 304, the landmark setting means 301 holds the address of "Environment" in the display data as the data of the landmark. ing. Therefore, information indicating that the character string of this address is displayed in blue may be set in the end part 32 of the display data. , "Environment" will be displayed in blue as shown in Fig. 48.

[Embodiment 11]

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described only on the points different from the above-described ninth or tenth embodiment. With the above-mentioned menu 102 shown in Fig. 38 displayed on the display screen 101, the user selects the mark addition setting item 103 from the items included in this menu 102. I do. When the mark assignment setting item 103 is selected in this way, a display designation area item 206 is displayed as shown in FIG. When the display designation area item 206 is designated, the display designation area setting means 304 is activated, and the display data (for example, electronic book 800 1) stored in the hard disk 200 is read as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display screen 101 as shown in FIG. Next, from the display contents of the electronic book 8001 displayed on the display screen 101, the user selects a predetermined display area (for example, “Chapter 2 ··· 8 to 15 Select the area by enclosing the area marked “Page” with a pointer or the like. As a result, the display designation area setting means 305 designates the selected area as the display designation area 802.

When the display designation area 8002 is designated, the display designation area setting means 3005 shown in FIG. 40 transfers the position information of the display designation area 8002 to the mark setting means 3101, and As shown in 50, page designation item 2 0 1 · character string selection item 2 0 4 · character string input item 2 05 is displayed on the display screen 101. As a result, the user designates a target for the mark using the mark setting means 301 as described in the embodiment 9 or 10, and further creates mark form information. Here, the page corresponding to the display designation area 802 (that is, pages 8 to 15) is designated as a target for the mark, and the mark is displayed at “the entire side” and the color is “yellow”. The landmark form information to the effect is created as described in the ninth or tenth embodiment.

The mark target data and the mark form information specified in this manner are displayed in the above-mentioned display specification area 8 02: Hard disk 20 in association with the I blue report (hereinafter referred to as “display specification data”). It is stored in 0.

When browsing “Chapter 2” of the display data using the electronic paper file 10, the user first displays the display data on the electronic paper 10. Next, as shown in FIG. 51 (a), an area in the table of contents where "Chapter 2" ··· pages 8 to 15] is displayed (that is, a display designation area 8002) is designated by a pointer. When the display designation area 8002 is designated in this way, as shown in FIG. 51 (b), based on the mark target data and the mark form information associated therewith, 8 to 15 A yellow mark 34 will be displayed on the entire side surface of the electronic paper 10 displaying the page. Here, the illuminated yellow mark is the one attached to the page displaying the contents of Chapter 2. Therefore, it is possible to quickly find the page where Chapter 2 is displayed. The title of the table of contents may be designated as the display designation area 8002, and the page on which the content of the title is displayed may be designated as the mark target data to be associated with the display designation area 8002. . In this way, since the mark is lit on the electronic paper 10 on which the contents of the title are displayed, it is possible to quickly find the page on which the contents of the title are displayed.

Similarly, a predetermined character string in the index item of the display data is designated as the display designation area 802, and the character string is displayed as a mark target data to be associated with the display designation area 802. The specified page may be specified, and the display range of the mark may be set to the side of the page. In this way, when browsing the display data on the electronic paper 10, if a predetermined character string in the index item is designated by a pointer or the like, the page on which the character string is displayed is displayed. Since a mark is displayed, the search can be performed quickly.

The display designation data may be displayed in the same form (for example, the same color) as the mark while the corresponding mark is displayed. In this case, the mark form information stored in association with the display designation data is specified, and the color information included in the mark form information is set in the display designation data.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the user designates the display designation area 802, the mark associated with the display designation area 802 is displayed. Therefore, even if the display ranges of a plurality of mark form information overlap, the process of the form confirmation means 302 to determine whether or not the display range of the mark form information overlaps may not be performed. Further, according to the present embodiment, only a desired landmark can be displayed, so that even when a large number of landmarks are set, the desired landmark can be easily found therefrom. Further, since a plurality of marks can be displayed at the same position, when setting the display range of the mark form information, the mark is displayed by another mark. The range is not limited.

[Embodiment 12]

Here, according to FIG. 52, a description will be given of only a difference between the table-of-contents creating means 303 for creating a table of contents from display data having no table of contents and Embodiment 11 described above. First, with the menu 102 displayed on the display screen 101, when the user designates the table of contents creation item 104 displayed on the display screen 101, the table of contents creation means 30 6 is activated (Fig. 52, S31). When the table-of-contents creation means 3 06 starts in this way, as shown in FIG. 53, a table of contents extraction item 1 2 0 1 for inputting a predetermined character string, character size, style, and color is displayed on the display screen 1 0 1 is displayed.

Accordingly, the user inputs a character string that is considered to be unique to the table of contents (for example, a character string such as “chapter” or “section”) in the table of contents extraction item 1 201. If the character size of the text such as “Chapter” and “Section” and the text of the text are different, the character style · Colors and the like may be entered in the table of contents extraction item 1 201.

As a result, the table-of-contents creating means 303 uses the character strings “chapter”, “section”, etc., input in the above-mentioned table-of-contents extraction item 1221, as search conditions (FIG. 52, S32), Search for display data. The character string corresponding to this search is extracted in ascending order of the page, and the address (for example, page number) in the display data where the character string corresponding to this search result is stored is displayed together with the character string on the display screen 1. Displayed at 01 (Fig. 52, S33). If the table of contents created in this way is not prepared as desired (FIG. 52, S34, N), it is possible to select again whether or not to input a predetermined search condition in the above-mentioned table of contents extraction item 1 201. (Fig. 52, S35).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a table of contents can be created. Therefore, even when display data without a table of contents is displayed on the electronic paper 10, a desired display can be performed. The electronic vapor display 10 on which the data for use is displayed can be easily found. If the computer and the electronic paper 10 are electrically connected and the electronic paper 10 can display the contents displayed on the display screen 101, the electronic paper 10 0 may be used as a display medium.

When setting the mark form information using the electronic paper 10 as a display medium, the mark is displayed on the actual electronic paper 10 based on the mark form information, and the mark thus displayed is displayed. It may be possible to set the landmark form information while checking the information.

Further, in the above description, the landmark setting system is operated on a personal computer, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other words, the above-described landmark setting process can be performed even for the electronic vapor reader 10 or the PDA as long as it has the operating environment of the landmark setting system.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. In an electronic paper file consisting of an electronic paper that is a flexible display medium and a main body to which a plurality of electronic papers can be attached,

An electronic vapor file comprising a mark display control means for controlling a display of a mark on the electronic vapor.

2. The electronic paper file according to claim 1, wherein the mark display control means performs control for displaying a mark on a side of a display unit of the electronic paper.

3. The mark display control means performs control for displaying a mark based on mark data indicating at least one of a mark display position, a mark color, and a mark display method. Electronic vapor file described in.

4. The mark display control means, by holding the mark data, displays the mark even after the power is turned off, based on the mark data thus held. The electronic vapor file described in paragraph 3 of the scope.

5. The landmark display control means stores the landmark data, based on the landmark data thus held, when the power is turned off and then turned on again. 4. The electronic file profile according to claim 3, wherein a mark is displayed.

6. The electronic paper file according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing display data to be displayed on said electronic paper in said main body or said electronic paper.

7. Claims further comprising a mark setting means for instructing the mark display control means to display display data to be displayed on the electronic paper and a mark corresponding to the display data. Electronic paper file according to paragraph 1.

8. The mark setting means selects display data displayed on the display section of the electronic paper, and selects the display data thus selected and the display data. 8. The electronic paper file according to claim 7, which instructs said mark display control means to display a corresponding mark.

9. The mark setting means detects the electronic paper in a spread state, and displays the display data displayed on the electronic paper detected in this way and the mark corresponding to the display data. 8. The electronic vapor file according to claim 7, which issues an instruction to the mark display control means as described above.

10. The electronic paper file according to claim 1, further comprising a table of contents index display control means for performing control of displaying a table of contents or an index on the electronic paper.

1 1. Further, a selection unit for selecting data to be searched, a search control unit for searching display data based on the data selected by the selection unit, and a search control unit based on a search result of the search control unit. 10. The electronic paper file according to claim 10, comprising said mark display control means for performing control for displaying a mark.

12. The claim according to claim 11, wherein the selection means selects data to be searched based on at least one of a table of contents, an index, and display data displayed on the electronic paper. Electronic paper file.

13. The above-mentioned mark display control means manages a predetermined number of electronic papers as a group, and controls all electronic papers belonging to the same group to display the same mark. Electronic vapor file according to item 0.

14. The electronic vapor file according to claim 1, wherein the mark display control means controls to display a mark on a side surface when a predetermined number of the electronic papers are overlapped.

15. The electronic paper file according to claim 14, further comprising writing means for writing a mark on a side surface when a predetermined number of the electronic papers are stacked.

16. The electronic vaporizer according to any one of claims 1 to 15, comprising a display sheet for displaying display data, and a light emitting sheet for illuminating the display sheet. Electronic copy file described in Crab.

17. The electronic paper file according to claim 16, wherein a non-volatile display medium is used as a display medium of the display sheet.

18. The electronic vapor file according to claim 16, wherein organic or inorganic electroluminescence is used as a light emitting medium of the light emitting sheet.

19. One of a pair of male and female connection terminals having both a physical connection function and an electrical connection function is provided at one end of the display unit of the electronic paper, and the other of the connection terminals is connected to the main body. The electronic vapor file according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the electronic vapor file and the main body are made detachable by providing the electronic vapor file.

20. The electronic paper file according to claim 19, wherein the arrangement position of the other connection terminal on the main body is fixed.

2 1. A plurality of movable shaft pieces provided with the other connection terminal are spliced in the axial direction so as to be rotatable with each other to form a connection body, and the connection body is rotatably fixed to the main body. An electronic vapor file according to claim 19.

2 2. Detachment / detection means for detecting the attachment / detachment state of one connection terminal with respect to the other connection terminal, and the mark display control means for performing control to display a mark based on the attachment / detachment state detected by the detachment detection means. 10. The electronic mail file according to claim 19, comprising:

23. A mark setting system for setting a mark of a predetermined form on a display data displayed on an electronic paper as a flexible display medium, wherein the data to be set with the mark is set A mark setting system, comprising: mark setting means for specifying the form information of the mark in the data specified from the display data.

24. The mark setting system according to claim 23, wherein said mark setting means sets said mark form information in page units of said display data.

25. The mark setting means sets the mark form information for each predetermined character string The landmark setting system according to claim 23, wherein the mark is set.

26. The mark setting means according to claim 2, further comprising a form confirmation means for determining whether the display range of the mark overlaps the display range of another mark when setting the display range of the mark. The landmark setting system described in item 3.

27. The form confirmation means determines whether or not the mark form information set in a predetermined electronic paper is the same as the mark form information set in an electronic paper adjacent to the electronic paper. 27. The landmark setting system according to claim 26, which determines whether or not the mark is set.

28. The mark setting system according to claim 23, wherein said mark setting means includes a search means for searching a predetermined character string from said display data.

29. The mark setting system according to claim 23, further comprising display designation area setting means for designating a display designation area in which the mark is displayed from the display data.

30. A claim according to claim 23, further comprising: a table of contents creating means for acquiring data satisfying predetermined requirements from the display data, and creating the table of contents based on the data thus acquired. The landmark setting system described in.

3 1.

In order to set a mark in a predetermined form for the display data displayed on the electronic vapor paper which is a flexible display medium, data to be set with the mark is specified from the display data, and A program for functioning as a mark setting means for setting the form information of the mark in the data specified as above.